从A到Z畅谈美国流行文化：Get it over with

以前学语法的时候，接触过这样一条原则：不能用介词作为一句话的收尾。可能是因为这条原则在我脑子里过于根深蒂固，我最初听到别人讲“Get it over with!”的时候，感觉相当别扭，总觉得with后面少了什么东西。

事实上，get it over with是个完整的短语，在日常对话中经常出现。 get it over with可以简单地翻译成“做(某事);完成(某事)”，但它绝对不是do或finish的同义词。关键的区别在于：get it over with -般描述的都是让人比较痛苦(至少是不舒服)的事，而且当事人往往带有明显的不耐烦情绪，想快点把这件麻烦事了结掉。

举例如下Giles: Ha. vou lost! Youwe me one.(哈。你输了，你欠我一件事) Hubert: All right.What do you want me to do?好吧。你要我做什么?) Giles:I(1()|1'I knoW ye When I think of something。19,I'II tell you.(现在还不知道。等我想到了，再告诉你。) Hubert:What don't you think of something nowandget it over with?Idon't like owing you anything。.(不如你现在就想好，快点了结这件事?我可不喜欢欠你什么东西。)

Giles: Too bad。I won't the bet.so Icall the shots here.既然我打赌赢了，当然由我来作决定。) Jennifer:Which dress should pick?(亲爱的，我该选哪条裙子?)Terence: The red once looks great on you.(那条红的看起来不错。)Jennifer:Nah.Idon't like that color.不。我不喜欢那个颜色。)Terence:the white once,then .It's looks clegant.的吧。很优雅。)Jennifer: Nah. It's not hip enough. (Terence: What about the blue one?.It makes me look fat.。(它让我显得很肥。) Terence: Are you kiddling me? You'vc got the body a professional model wouldl kill for! Anything looks good on you. Now. can we just pick one and get over with'l(有没有搞错?专业模特都恨不得拥有你的身材哦!你穿什么都好看。我们赶快选定一件，行不?)

get it over with的用法多次在流行文化作品中得到印证。2006年夏天，节奏蓝调歌手Rihanna红极一时的冠军单曲Unfaithful中就有这样一段：And I know thaihe knows l'm unfaithful(我知道他知道我的不忠行为)And ii kills him inside(他内心无比痛苦)to know that I am happy with some other guy(知道我原来跟另外一个男人相处得那么开心)I can scc him dying(我可以看到他的内心一点点死去) our love. his trust .(我们的受，他的信任……)I might as welltake a gun and put it to his head(我还不如干脆对着他的头开枪)Get it over with结这一切)

i don't wanna do this anvmone(我不想再继续这样下去了)

这个短语还经常跟“性”扯上关系。美国近年来有不少对青少年灌输safe sex(安全性行为)理念德尔电脑和广播节目，当中不时出现的话题就是要谨慎对待自己的第一次，不仅因 为不想被别人嘲笑落伍这样的原因而草率的发生性行为。

在MTV台的Protrct youself节目里，一位记者就明确的说到“Ijust wanted to get it over with and know what it was like”(我就想把事情做个了结，好知道整个过程到底是怎么样的。)另一位被采访者则说：“l've heard people say,‘you might as well get it over with, it isn't very good.'”(我听人说，“你还不如就快点了结你的第一次，说到底也就那么回事。”) 当然，get it over with并不特指“第一次”，只要是在带催促口吻、怂恿双方快点进行“实际行为”的语境中都可以用这句话。

1994年的美国影片RealityBites(《四个毕业生》)里有个典型的例子，Vickie -角在“抗议”男女主人公PDA(请参考all over条目)行为时曾诙谐地说：Would the two of you just do it and get

it over with'? I'm starving!(你们两个就快点做了那事，然后我们可以该干啥干啥，行不?我饿死了!)